I'm sure that this point had nothing to do with the closure: "The rents are very high"
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So far this year, many New York City bars have shut its doors for reasons pertaining to rent.
Longtime Times Square Irish bar Langan’s — a 25-year-old pub at 150 W. 47th St. — closed on Jan. 18. That same month, Coogan’s — a Washington Heights bar — also closed, citing a monthly rent increase by $40,0000.
After that, Eamonn's Bar & Grill shut down and has since been gutted. According to a note posted on the door of Eamonn's, those owners — the same team behind PJ Moran's and
Foxy John's Bar & Kitchen — chose not to renew their lease.
Langan's blamed its landlord for wanting to raise its rent, while Eamonn's simply said it "ceased operations." In February, 10-year-old Asian nightclub Circle closed its doors."
https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2018/07/12/the-coffee-shop-to-close.html
But go ahead, whine about the socialist. That's the *real* issue.